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The seriousness is certainly there. One can see in the nearly-endless list of "Executive Producers" in the credits that the writer-director knocked on every door he could find to get the support to do this. Interestingly main finance appears to have come from a Chinese production company (that was in Hong Kong at least before the communist takeover).

I would also say cheers to McConaughey for attaching himself to it - that would definitely qualify as a "non-commercial idea" when the screenplay landed on his desk, so he did it out of personal belief in the story. I'd be interested to know when he came aboard, if he did so to add "seriousness" to the "door knocking."

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